The Japanese DID NOT surrender in WWII because the genocidal atomic bombs were dropped! It was the destruction of their forces in Manchuria by the Russians (who entered the war at that time) that convinced them. The rationale was that the Russians would kill the Emperor AND his family but the Americans wouldn't. General Curtis Lemay had been fire bombing Japanese cities for almost a YEAR. Destruction of entire cities and their populations had not caused the Japanese to surrender. What you have been taught about the atomic bombs "ending the war
and saving American lives
" is pro-nuclear (genocidal) welfare queen propaganda.
Details in the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVLYyvpIex4&feature=player_embedded If Henry Wallace had been President instead of Truman, the following predatory Capitalist, War Profiteering, profit over planet PIGGERY would NOT have taken place. Renewable energy, instead of being a tiny green sliver of token lip service, would be over HALF of the pie chart. Numerous wars would have been avoided. The planet would be healthier and the biosphere less trashed and hopelessly compromised than it is now. Thousands of species would not have gone extinct. We would be championing LIFE instead of aiding a few conscience free corporate villains to make fortunes from POLLUTION and DEATH.